Week 30 - 31

Dominican Republic Presentation

A special guest, Mrs. Kriener (Director of Learning & Development) visited us to give us a presentation on her Dominican Republic trip. We learned about their culture, language, schools, foods, and geological characteristics. She even brought some sugar canes, a mango and a coconut for us to try. We all had a fantastic time! Your child blogged about their learning.

"My Father's Dragon" Book Club

We finished a chapter book called "My Father's Dragon." As we read a chapter a day, we shared our thoughts on Twitter along with 32 other first grade classes in the U.S. and Canada. We enjoyed reading and responding to other classes' Tweets. Next week we will start the second book in the series. The book club tweets are labeled with #1bc15 as shown in the Twitter feed on this page.

On Wednesday, I had an opportunity to present a session called "Power of Twitter" at a technology conference in Des Moines. I was proud to show all the learning and collaboration my students have been part of this year. It was great to show how capable 6, 7 & 8 year-olds are, and learning can go beyond four walls of the classroom.

Letter Writing Project

We are practicing our letter writing skills. Next week we would like to write a letter to someone special and mail it to him/her. I would like you to take a few minutes to talk to your child and decide whom he/she can write a letter to. Please write down your address and friend or family member's address on a piece of paper and send it back to school with a stamp by Tuesday. We will walk to the post office on Thursday to mail the letter. Thank you for your help!

Please Save the Date!

Our class would like to invite you to a poetry party on 

Thursday, April 30 @10:30. 

Lakeside Lab Trip

We are going on a field trip to Lakeside Lab to learn about animals on Friday, May 1 (8:30-2:30). I am in need of two parent volunteers. Please e-mail me if you are interested.